A Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Retention in Care and Virologic Suppression in a U.S. Urban Safety-Net HIV Clinic: Study Protocol for the Connect4Care (C4C) Randomized Controlled Trial

Few data exist on the use of text messaging as a tool to promote retention in HIV care and virologic suppression at the clinic level in the United States. We describe the protocol for a study designed to investigate whether a text messaging intervention that supports healthy behaviors, encourages consistent engagement with care, and promotes antiretroviral persistence can improve retention in care and virologic suppression among patients in an urban safety-net HIV clinic in San Francisco.